For obvious reasons, this set off chain reaction of finger pointing. And, unfortunately for those who sided with Soul Market, they were in the inferior position.
Still, this wasn't even the worst part. With the failure of the sub-arrays, they had lost their means of communication with their employers, which was an absolute worst-case scenario.
The last time these employers had come of their own volition was already more than a thousand years ago, who knew when or if they'd ever come again!
While their employers could afford to be negligent, they couldn't. If things went south, all of this would be blamed on them and their years of relaxation and comfort would come to an end. So, no matter how they felt, they all had to come.
As weird as it might sound for them all to refer to this one family as their employer, this was just the truth of the matter. Plus, when the details were laid out, it was just simpler to refer to them as an employer versus anything else…